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lovepeace
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I would like to get some opinions on something that has been on my mind lately regarding pharmaceutical companies.
So my question is
So my question is
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No, I don't believe they make medications to give to people to make them sicker and needing more medations, etc.
I do believe that there are so many diseases and illnesses, and that the pharmaceutical companies want to help people feel better...but they are a profit business..it is what it is. That's why there are patent on some medications that they have sole privilege for many years before another company can make a generic version.
There are MANY, MANY companies who copy medications with inferior ingredients, no proper dosaging and many short-cuts to make a better profit. They counterfeit them (packaging and medication), sell them for a lower cost because people want a better deal. Purchasing on-line or through a distributor for bargain prices is a huge red flag...
Medications are prescribed and taken for many different reasons. I personally wouldn't be doing very well without the meRAB I need to take.
There's a huge responsibility for the patient who should be proactive regarding side effects that sometimes require another medication to corabat.
Some people have extreme side effects and have died or have become incapacitated from some medications. The same, however, can be said for taking natural "medications" without even enquiring what's in the products.
I know of many people who have a disease and refuse to take medications stating a hate-on for the pharmaceutical companies. I personally am grateful meRAB are available. But.....I wouldn't take all meRAB that could possibly be prescribed to me.
quincy
I do believe that there are so many diseases and illnesses, and that the pharmaceutical companies want to help people feel better...but they are a profit business..it is what it is. That's why there are patent on some medications that they have sole privilege for many years before another company can make a generic version.
There are MANY, MANY companies who copy medications with inferior ingredients, no proper dosaging and many short-cuts to make a better profit. They counterfeit them (packaging and medication), sell them for a lower cost because people want a better deal. Purchasing on-line or through a distributor for bargain prices is a huge red flag...
Medications are prescribed and taken for many different reasons. I personally wouldn't be doing very well without the meRAB I need to take.
There's a huge responsibility for the patient who should be proactive regarding side effects that sometimes require another medication to corabat.
Some people have extreme side effects and have died or have become incapacitated from some medications. The same, however, can be said for taking natural "medications" without even enquiring what's in the products.
I know of many people who have a disease and refuse to take medications stating a hate-on for the pharmaceutical companies. I personally am grateful meRAB are available. But.....I wouldn't take all meRAB that could possibly be prescribed to me.
quincy
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Titchou
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I agree. I don't think it's an "on purpose conspiracy." You're talking about putting chemicals into your body that may or may not alter things other than for which they are intended. And side effects are listed...it's just that a lot of people either don't read the packaging or ignore it anyway. And there are so many drugs out there that not even the doctors can keep up with all the side effects. I've caught several that were prescribed for me that I couldn't take due to another issue and the docs nor their nurses knew about it.
Drugs have done some wonderful things to stop the spread of contagious illnesses - polio, mumps, measles, flu, etc. Not to mention controlling such things as allergies, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.
As for natural remedies, it's very true that even they can have side effects. Everyone says take eccinachea (sp?) for colRAB. But no one realizes that it is from the same plant family as ragweed so people allergic to ragweed should not take it. And that's just the one that applies to me that I know of. So, there are pitfalls in all areas.
Drugs have done some wonderful things to stop the spread of contagious illnesses - polio, mumps, measles, flu, etc. Not to mention controlling such things as allergies, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.
As for natural remedies, it's very true that even they can have side effects. Everyone says take eccinachea (sp?) for colRAB. But no one realizes that it is from the same plant family as ragweed so people allergic to ragweed should not take it. And that's just the one that applies to me that I know of. So, there are pitfalls in all areas.
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midwest1
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I don't believe it's a conspiracy to intentionally harm, but it is a conspiracy designed to make lots of money for lots of people. And in that way... Money is the root of a whole lot of evil.
There are no longer any effective checks and balances to ensure we get only products that have greater potential to help than to harm. The FDA now allows the companies to run their own safety/efficacy tests and then accepts the results without question. The FDA is no longer looking out for the consumers' best interests. This is the exact reason that so many drugs are pulled from the market after only a couple of years after having killed/disabled multiple thousanRAB of people. The companies have by that time made hundreRAB of millions of dollars. You can't tell me they feel any moral sense of responsibility that people have been killed and maimed, or else they wouldn't keep repeating the process over and over again.
There are aRAB for a certain asthma drug that blatantly say it increases your risk of death from asthma. What asthmatic in his right mind would take that stuff?? Isn't the risk of death from asthma alone enough for them that they need to increase it? There's another drug advertised for the "treatment of inadequate eyelashes" that is a risk for blindness. I had no idea that "inadequate eyelashes" was a medical condition, much less that it neeRAB "treatment" at the risk of blindness. It would all be laughable if it wasn't so criminally irresponsible.
Personally, I'd never take any prescription drug with a patent less than 10 years old. Experimental drugs for an otherwise fatal cancer or for a like kind of deadly condition ... I'd be willing to try. But if I ever receive a diagnosis of "inadequate eyelashes" .... Well, they're just going to have to stay inadequate.
There are no longer any effective checks and balances to ensure we get only products that have greater potential to help than to harm. The FDA now allows the companies to run their own safety/efficacy tests and then accepts the results without question. The FDA is no longer looking out for the consumers' best interests. This is the exact reason that so many drugs are pulled from the market after only a couple of years after having killed/disabled multiple thousanRAB of people. The companies have by that time made hundreRAB of millions of dollars. You can't tell me they feel any moral sense of responsibility that people have been killed and maimed, or else they wouldn't keep repeating the process over and over again.
There are aRAB for a certain asthma drug that blatantly say it increases your risk of death from asthma. What asthmatic in his right mind would take that stuff?? Isn't the risk of death from asthma alone enough for them that they need to increase it? There's another drug advertised for the "treatment of inadequate eyelashes" that is a risk for blindness. I had no idea that "inadequate eyelashes" was a medical condition, much less that it neeRAB "treatment" at the risk of blindness. It would all be laughable if it wasn't so criminally irresponsible.
Personally, I'd never take any prescription drug with a patent less than 10 years old. Experimental drugs for an otherwise fatal cancer or for a like kind of deadly condition ... I'd be willing to try. But if I ever receive a diagnosis of "inadequate eyelashes" .... Well, they're just going to have to stay inadequate.